obs = m.find("Observer", {"name": "%Frank%"}).all() print obs[0].data import pdb pdb.set_trace() #print m.find_with("Session").parent(m.find("Observer", {"name": ["%Alex%", "%Frank%"]})).all() from xdapy.operators import gt, lt #trials = m.find_with("Trial", {"_id": lambda id: id*id < 300}).parent(m.find_with("Session", {"_id": lt(300)}).parent(m.find("Observer", {"name": "%Alex%"}))).all() trials = m.find_with("Trial", {"_id": lambda id: id*id < 300, "_parent": ("Session", {"_id": lt(300), "_parent": ("Observer", {"name": "%Alex%"})}), "_with": lambda entity: entity.id != 10}) # find_complex is more powerful but does not use SQLAlchemy trials2 = m.find_complex("Trial", {"_id": lambda id: id*id < 300, "_any": [{"_parent": ("Session", {"_id": lt(300), "_parent": ("Observer", {"name": "%Alex%"})})}, # %Alex% will not work {"_parent": ("Session", {"_id": lt(300), "_parent": ("Observer", {"name": "Alexander"})})} ], "_with": lambda entity: entity.id != 10}) for t in trials: print t, t.parent.parent print "..."